Joe Pantoliano
Emmy Award-winning American actor with over 150 roles across film, television, and theater, celebrated for unforgettable performances in iconic productions.
Joe Pantoliano - Personal Information
- Name: Joe Pantoliano
- Date of Birth: September 12, 1951
- Place of Birth: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Producer, Thanks, Director, Writer, Associate Producer
Biography
Joseph Peter Pantoliano (born September 12, 1951) is an American actor who has played over 150 roles across film, television, and theater. He is best known for portraying Francis Fratelli in The Goonies (1985), Captain Conrad Howard in the Bad Boys film series (1995–2024), Cypher in the Wachowskis' sci-fi action film The Matrix (1999), Teddy in Christopher Nolan's psychological thriller film Memento (2000), and Ralph "Ralphie" Cifaretto on the HBO crime drama The Sopranos (2001–2004), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Other notable film credits include Risky Business (1983), Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987), La Bamba (1987), Midnight Run (1988), The Fugitive (1993), Baby's Day Out (1994), the Wachowskis' directorial debut Bound (1996), and Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010). In 2025, he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in The Last of Us.
Pantoliano has published two memoirs and is active in the field of mental health, having documented his mother's issues and his own. He founded the nonprofit No Kidding, Me Too!, which is dedicated to removing the stigma from mental illness.
Selected Filmography
A look at Joe Pantoliano's most recent and notable screen appearances.
- Violent Night 2 (2026)
- Wonder Man (TV - 2026) as Joe Pantoliano
- Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story (2025) as Uncle Tommy Rossi
- Dexter: Original Sin (TV - 2024) as Anthony Moretti
- Bad Boys: Legacy (2024) as Self
- Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) as Captain Howard
- Home Delivery (2024) as Gary Templeton
- The Last of Us (TV - 2023) as Eugene Lynden
- A Journey to Sundance (2023) as Self
- Hide and Seek (2021) as Collin Carmichael
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